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Although not necessarily recommended, but we could also color individual bars differently. To do this,
we simply right-click on the bar and then pick the desired color accordingly.

16.2. Consecutive days (duration also through non-working time)

Durations can have the peculiarity that they sometimes also run over non-working
days (e.g., an endurance test on weekends or a concrete floor that is going to harden
...). To solve this issue, according to this subject "Duration", we just put an "e" in front
of the "8d", which reads then "e8d" for "elapsed 8 days"; which means "8 consecutive
days".

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This is slightly different from Microsoft Project , ...
where it is called there "8ed" (8 elapsed days) or 8 eDays.

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